Government 1.10 Unit 1 Test Review – Flashcards
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What word do we use for the institution created by a society to create and enforce public policies?
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Government.
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Which of the following items is NOT one of the five purposes of government?
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Commerce.
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If a nation-states experiences rioting in its major cities, what purpose has its government failed to perform?
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Order.
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What is the preamble of the United States Constitution?
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The opening paragraph that explains the purposes of the United States government.
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Which item is something that almost every society has had?
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Government.
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"If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be destroyed." This excerpt is from which document?
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The code of Hammurabi.
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Which theory about the origins of government holds that government was first imposed by force?
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Force Theory.
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Why is John Locke an important name to know?
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His Second Treatise on Government explained the social contract theory of government and led to several revolutions.
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What word is used to describe the ability to control the actions of others?
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Power.
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What is authority?
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Power that is recognized as legitimate.
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Which of the following items is a defining characteristic of a nation-state?
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It has a defined territory (land enclosed by borders).
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Which of the following is NOT correct?
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The modern world is divided into a mixture of nation-states, city-states, and multinational empires.
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What theory of government argues that power is spread among different groups within a society?
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Pluralist Theory.
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Which describes C. Wright Mill's theory about power?
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Power is concentrated among a "power elite" of top soldiers, bureaucrats, and business-people.
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What is the name for the form of government where power is held by a small group of people who then control the entire government?
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Oligarchy.
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What is the term for a government that exerts a great deal of power over the actions of the population but that does not interfere with their ideas and intimate lives?
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Authoritarian Government.
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What is the term for a government where power is located in a single location, usually the capital city?
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Unified or Central government
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What classification of government distinguishes between presidential and parliamentary government?
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How power is distributed.
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Aristotle came up with many reasons why statesmen should know all the different types of government. Which of the following is not one of Aristotle's reasons?
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So statesman could be reelected.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the eight tenets of American democracy?
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Force Theory.
